Game within game: chess player

Looking at the direction where Kelly and his group were leaving, Ye Fang waved to Su Long and walked over.

"Follow us and see what exhibitions they attend." Ye Fang said.

"Yeah." Su Long nodded and followed. After a while, he came back and told Ye Fang that it turned out that there was a corporate investment promotion meeting at a convention and exhibition center next to the Bund. Today was the opening ceremony, and MK Company was the invitee.

"Let's go! Let's go take a look and join in the fun." As he said that, Ye Fang took Su Long and Leng Chuan out of the Bund and across the road was the Convention and Exhibition Center. Ye Fang noticed that a rainbow door was erected at the entrance of the Convention and Exhibition Center. After getting on the red carpet, there were many receptionists at the door. Most of the people who come here to attend the meeting are investment institutions and fund companies, and there are also large companies that are interested in mergers and acquisitions and looking for supply chain companies. In short, most of the people who can be invited to participate are Binhai local companies. As an international financial center, there is no shortage of these investment companies. .

The gate review is obviously not strict. As long as you register your company name and contact name, you can participate in the exhibition. However, companies with invitation letters can participate in some salons and forums organized by the organizer. The entire exhibition period lasts for one week, which can be considered very long. For a long time, the entire Binhai City Government has attached great importance to this investment promotion meeting.

Lang Wenyao, as the first-level deputy head of Binhai District in charge of economics, naturally arrived at the venue early and stood at the door as a doorman, responsible for welcoming guests, so as to give all investors a good impression. Just when Lang Wenyao took the initiative to stand up for several technology companies at the district level, he looked up and saw Ye Fang, and immediately changed his smile and took the initiative to step forward.

"Brother, why are you here? Sister Xia said you were going to play in the seaside today, why are you here? Look at how busy I am, otherwise I would accompany you."

"The leader has a lot of things to do, so how dare I disturb him? I walked by here on the Bund and came over to take a look. You are busy with your business, I will take a look and leave." Ye Fang greeted.

Lang Wenyao did have a lot of things to do today, and he was not polite to Ye Fang. He said directly, "Then you watch first, and we will have lunch together after I finish my work here."

"You are so busy that you don't have time to eat with me. When you are not busy, find a time for us to meet. I have a big deal to discuss with you." Ye Fang said pretending to be mysterious.

Lang Wenyao rolled his eyes a few times, thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll contact you when I'm done." Then Lang Wenyao asked his subordinates to hand Ye Fang three invitation letters so that he could participate in various forum meetings. Ye Fang asked Su Long I put it away and walked slowly towards the convention center. Lang Wenyao looked at Ye Fang's leaving figure and wondered what kind of business he could talk to me about.

The entire convention and exhibition center covers an area of ​​over [-] square meters. On the first floor are booths of various companies, on the second floor are various salons and forums, as well as meeting rooms and office areas for conference affairs groups, as well as a dedicated news media hall. It can be said that the functions are very comprehensive.

The salons and forums on the second floor are places for some companies to get the limelight. Ye Fang felt that it was a waste of time to participate in these things that were more formal than meaningful, so Ye Fang took Su Long and the two of them to stroll around the exhibition area on the first floor of the convention and exhibition center. Maybe they could see something. You might even find a good investment company. Ye Fang discovered that in the exhibition area on the first floor, there were not only local companies from Binhai, but also companies from all over the country that had just come to participate in the exhibition. Later, Ye Fang asked whether local companies were free to participate in the exhibition, but companies from other provinces and cities had to pay a certain fee to participate in the exhibition. Because the location varies from [-] to [-].

Usually the aisles at the entrance of the convention and exhibition center and the central area are the most expensive, and then the price decreases from floor to floor. The booths at the edge of the convention and exhibition center are the cheapest. There was a lot of traffic in the central area of ​​the entire exhibition, so Ye Fang simply started from the outermost booth. Most of the companies in the outermost circle are traditional manufacturing companies, and many companies are in labor-intensive industries. The competitive advantage of such companies is price competition, and they have no technical advantages, or their technological content is not high.

"Also, those with slightly higher technological content will choose booths in core areas. Traditional industries may not even be able to afford booth fees." Ye Fang knows that he is not a savior. Although he has funds in his hands, he still chooses those with investment potential. .

At this time, two people started arguing in a booth not far away. They seemed to be two brothers. Ye Fang learned about it when he leaned over and listened. The two brothers run a small manufacturing plant in the south. The entire manufacturing plant only produces one product, screws. Unlike other large manufacturing plants where screws are just by-products, the two brothers' manufacturing plant can be said to have developed the precision of screws to the level of works of art. However, most of these niche precision screws can only be supplied to high-end equipment. Since the R&D funds of the two brothers' manufacturing plant have dried up, the precision screws produced have never met the manufacturer's requirements. Now, if the company transforms into the production of ordinary screws, it will need to replace large-scale production equipment. Funds have now become the biggest problem restricting the development of this factory, so the two brothers thought of trying their luck at this investment promotion meeting, so they paid a membership fee of 1 yuan. .

When the two brothers arrived at the exhibition, they discovered that the nature of the business on site was incompatible with their own factory. The eldest brother of the two brothers had the intention of quitting and wanted to go to the organizer to discuss a refund, but the younger brother believed that the organizer would definitely not give him a refund. Why don't you just stick here for seven days, maybe there will be a miracle.

The two brothers got into an argument over this. Fortunately, there were not many people visiting the booth outside, so the argument between the two did not attract too much attention.

Ye Fang walked to the two brothers' booth without saying anything and looked at the information. The two brothers' manufacturing factory was originally called the Brothers Manufacturing Factory. The eldest brother was called Lin Xiangdong and the younger brother was called Lin Xiangwen. The factory is a family business. After the death of the father of the two brothers, the factory was handed over to the eldest brother. The eldest brother worked hard to make money to support his younger brother's study abroad in precision manufacturing. After the younger brother returned to China, he discussed the transformation of the company with his eldest brother. From low-end screw manufacturing to high-end precision industry screw manufacturing, the result is that the company cannot continue to operate due to insufficient R&D funds.

Ye Fang knows that the supply chains of many domestic high-end manufacturing companies are now abroad, because domestic technology cannot meet the assembly requirements at all. Now Brother Manufacturing Factory is taking the most difficult path of reproducing after research and development.

The two brothers who were originally arguing saw a young man appearing in front of the booth. They looked at Ye Fang and thought he was too young. He might be the assistant to the company boss. The two brothers did not dare to neglect. Their younger brother Lin Xiangwen hurried over to receive Ye Fang.

"Hello, I am the vice president of the factory, and my name is Lin Xiangwen." Lin Xiangwen did not show any slightness because of Ye Fang's youth.

Ye Fang raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Xiangwen, looked at the finished screws produced by the factory, and then looked at the company profile. When he saw the introduction about Lin Xiangwen, he couldn't help but nodded and asked, "These screws are all produced by your factory." ?”